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Foreign word of the day  in Persian
لاجورد • (lâjavard, lâjvard) noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Emilian
brîv m, noun
  1. a small bundle of cloth containing a relic
Focus week: regional languages of Italy

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Foreign word of the day  in Ligurian
çitæ f, noun
  1. city (large settlement)
Focus week: regional languages of Italy

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Foreign word of the day  in Mòcheno
vèlt n, noun
  1. field (wide, open space used to grow crops or hold animals)
Focus week: regional languages of Italy

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Foreign word of the day  in Romagnol
gat m, noun
  1. cat (Felis silvestris catus, a domesticated feline commonly kept as a house pet)
Focus week: regional languages of Italy

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Foreign word of the day  in Sicilian
piccaturi m, noun
Focus week: regional languages of Italy

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Foreign word of the day  in Cimbrian
balt m, noun
Focus week: regional languages of Italy

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Foreign word of the day  in Venetan
freschin m, noun
  1. the smell of rotten fish and eggs
Focus week: regional languages of Italy

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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
nōchoctli noun
  1. An alcoholic beverage made from the fermented juice of the prickly pear.

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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
ēminus adverb
  1. at long range, beyond reach
  2. aloof
  3. from afar

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Foreign word of the day  in German
Selbstheirat f, noun
  1. Marriage to oneself.
  2. (anthropology) Marriage within one's family or social group.

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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
alcanzia f, noun
  1. (historical) a small earthen ball filled with flowers, ashes and colourful strips thrown by horsemen at each other during jousts
  2. (historical) an earthen grenade

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Foreign word of the day  in Old East Slavic
ꙗзꙑкъ (jazykŭ) m, noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
toro embolado m, noun
  1. a bull with balls of burning material attached to its horns

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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
ilhuicac chāneh anim, noun
  1. Someone who resides in heaven.

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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
cipolla f, noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Old Norse
blót n, noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Akkadian
𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 • (argamannu) noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Turkish
topik noun
  1. a kind of meze made of tahini (sesame paste), chickpea, potato and onion

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Foreign word of the day  in Hebrew
מֶלֶךְ • (mélekh) m, noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
phăng-tê-di verb
  1. (especially music) to improvise; to tweak
  2. to engage in sweet nothings; to speak romantically and playfully

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Foreign word of the day  in Welsh
madfall f, noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Old Armenian
սեխ • (sex) noun
  1. muskmelon (the fruit of Cucumis melo)

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Foreign word of the day  in Old Galician-Portuguese
sorteira f, noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Luxembourgish
Fixspoun m, noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Icelandic
dæsa verb
  1. to sigh or groan deeply, to heave a sigh

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Foreign word of the day  in Middle Armenian
մաշկաթեւ • (maškatʻew) noun
  1. bat

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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
na wczoraj adverb
  1. As soon as possible, implying the deadline is already over.

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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
богаты́рь • (bogatýrʹ) m anim, noun
  1. bogatyr, a medieval Russian heroic warrior.

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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
galán adjective
  1. gallant
  2. (colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador) nice, enviable, without worries (said of a situation)

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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
水銀 (shuǐyín) noun
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